Ash-sifter



(No Model.)

G. W. BOWN.

ASH SIFTER. No. 399,371. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

rrn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BO\\'N, OF PllILi-UI)ELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 399,371, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed June 27, 1888. $erial No. 278,383. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, (irEORGE Wnsunvwrozv BOWN, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful, Improvement in Ash-Sitters, oi which the tollowingis a specification.

My invention is an improvement in ashsifters; and it consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will he hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view in perspective of my improved sitter. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the operating-ring. is a (letail view of the ash-pan. Fig. Jr is a detail view of the sieve, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device with the casing partly broken away.

My lITIDT'OVCd sitter comprises, in the construction shown, a casing, A, having a suitable lid, 15, and provided at diametrically-opposite points with bearings a, the ring 0, having trunnions C 0*, the latterbeing extended to form the crank-handle, the pan F, and the sieve G.

The ringt is provided with clamps E, for securing the sieve and ash-pan together for the purpose of. sitting, such clamps being preferably formed of spring plates or straps fixed between their ends to the ring and adapted at their ends to engage the pan and sieve, will be understood from Fig. 5.

The pan is provided wit-h handles F, and it is usual to engage the springs E with the handles F, while the sieve G is provided with a shoulder, g, or other suitable catch for said springs.

For the purpose of holding the sieve and pan E from turning when detaching the sieve from the pan after sitting is done, I provide a latch, D, arranged to engage the crank-handle and hold same, and consequently the ring and parts thereto attached, from turning. This latch l) is a bar or plate of metal having a hinged or pivotal. connection at d with the casing, and having a slot, (1, formed to receive the bend of crank C so that when such crank is turned to a horizontal position and the plate D is turned outward, the parts Fig. 3 1

within the casing will be securely locked in position.

The operation will be readilv understood. The pan may be filled with ashes and cinders, and such pan and the sieve be applied to the ring (1, as described, when by turning the crank the said parts, which form what might be called the revolving sitter, will be slowly revolved and the ashes soon sifted from the cinders, when the parts F G maybe removed.

It will be seen that the easy and complete removal of the pan and sieve enables the use of such parts detached from the case for any desired purpose. The tunnel shape of the lower open end of the casing A renders it easily applic lblB to a barrel, so the ashes may be conveniently sifted thereinto when desired.

It will. be understotnl that by my invention I can lock. the sieve to an ordinary ash-panfor instance, such as is used in base-burner stoves-and thereby convert the two into a sitter for separating the ashes from the coal before removing the coal from the pan.

I-Iavin thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The improved si tterherein described and shown, consisting of 1he casing A, having the bearings a. and provided with the latch D, pivoted at (Z and provided with a slot, (1, the ring C, having trunnions journaled in bcarings a, the spring-catches secured between their ends to the ring C and extended atsuch ends, whereby to engage the pan and sieve, and the pan and sieve, all substantially as set forth.

The sitter herein described, comprising the sieve having a shoulder or catch, g, the pan having handles F ,the ring G, formed to fit over the pan below the handles F, and having the clamps E, engaging the shoulder or catch g, the trunnions on ring C, and the casing having bearings for said trunnions, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BOWN.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. ScHRmBEn, W. H. SCHREIBER. 

